Various restorations

[romsitsa]

Made a blade sheath, still need some tweaking. Not perfect, but good enough as a proof of concept.

 

[sakaltras]

Made a blade sheath, still need some tweaking. Not perfect, but good enough as a proof of concept.View attachment 1580737
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More than perfect. I'm very impressed.

 

[romsitsa]

Tweaked the emblem, think this is finished.

 

[romsitsa]

Drew up some Blue blades and head inserts to complete a few sets.

 

[wlshephard]

Looks great!

 

[HDSledge]

Very nice work.

 

[jaro 101969]

Drew up some Blue blades and head inserts to complete a few sets.
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May I ask , where would one find the templates to print those ?

 

[romsitsa]

May I ask , where would one find the templates to print those ?

I drew them myself, there are no templates available as far as I know.

 

[Windigo]

Please tell me what glue to use for velvet when restoring Gillette Pocket Editions.

 

[Manye]

These restorations are super impressive. Well done.

 

[FairlySlow]

Looks great! I would like the knowledge on how to restore some of my vintage gillette cases but I'm always afraid of damaging them.

I would to. Ive taken im interest in vintge shaving and amassed quite a few things already. I just need a finishing stone since i dont think the 8000 grit synthetic stones i got will be enough. Whats your process look like if you dont mind me asking?

 

[romsitsa]

Mix of No 59, 58, President, Gen2 and some home made parts.

 

[DesertIguana]

Someone is talented restoration guy.🫠

 

[romsitsa]

And the whole family. Gen2 head/President, Gen2 head/No58, President head/Gen2, Gen1 head / US Crat.

 

[wlshephard]

Nice work!

 

[Breen]

@romsitsa

Great work!!

I was scrolling today and cam across this vintage ad of your blade box.

You've likely seen this, but thought I may as well share it.

 

[Honedright]

This thread has inspired me to try a restoration of an Ever-ready case I just received that is a bit beat up. The case is wood covered by a black material that has worn almost completely off the outer lid. I was wondering what to use to recover the case and one post suggested book binding material which was a revelation to me. Now I’ll have to decide if the original was actual leather or faux paper “leather” (I’m checking book binding suppliers for possible materials). I’ll also need to rebuild some of the wood joinery, as well as remove and preserve the lid lining with the “Ever Ready” logo.

I’ll do a photo journal of the process in case the project turns out well. If not, maybe not. Any advice or suggestions before I start this project will be appreciated.

 

[Honedright]

So, after doing some research searching the web for appropriate faux leather book cloth, I found a product called “Skivertex.” It is a simulated leather coated paper. And it’s the only stuff that I could find that seems equivalent to what the OP used for some of the restoration work. I purchased a couple of sheets to try out.

 

[aussietanker]

So, after doing some research searching the web for appropriate faux leather book cloth, I found a product called “Skivertex.” It is a simulated leather coated paper.

Do you know if it's possibly to get this Skivertex material custom printed in smallish quantities?

Do you know if i can I buy it in a plain white and get my own pattern printed on it

 

[Honedright]

Here is a link to the Skivertex web site. They seem to have several selections, but I didn’t see any options for custom products. Maybe they do and I missed it:

Skivertex® | imitation leather for books and packaging | Winter & Company | WINTER & COMPANY

www.winter-company.com